⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Celtics got 8 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ BOS better than we expected
▼ MIA better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 7 points worse than our numbers for the Celtics.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Celtics won, and why the Heat did not.
From the game
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19 in the fourth quarter
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Celtics
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 11
Q3 6:58 · BOS 66-55 MIA
- 14-0 run
A 14-0 run stretched a 5-point lead to 19
Q4 11:07 · BOS 86-67 MIA
Bad plays
- Missed FT
Tony Allen misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q3 8:23 · BOS 56-53 MIA
- Missed FT
Orien Greene misses flagrant free throw 1 of 2
Q4 11:21 · BOS 72-67 MIA
Heat
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run took them from 7 down to 1 up
Q2 0:11 · BOS 50-51 MIA
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run cut a 11-point deficit to 2
Q3 4:24 · BOS 66-64 MIA
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run cut a 17-point deficit to 9
Q4 1:49 · BOS 89-80 MIA
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| BOS | MIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 36% | Shooting from the field | 32% |
| 4 | Threes made | 5 |
| 27% | Three-point accuracy | 38% |
| 27 | Free throws made | 27 |
| 59 | Rebounds | 52 |
| 10 | Offensive rebounds | 7 |
| 10 | Assists | 12 |
| -1 | Points in the paint | -1 |
| 14 | Fast break points | 8 |
| 13 | Points off turnovers | 10 |
| 16 | Turnovers | 15 |
| 10 | Steals | 9 |
| 6 | Blocks | 3 |
